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The UK Greg Wrote:Happy New Year to one and all forummers.Anybody able to explain the unusual words and numbers on the calendar?

Greg,Despite all the hoopla last year about the Maya calendar "end of the world," it was simply the end of the Maya calendar. The Maya employed two interconnected calendars that named days and the rough equivalent to our months, and the so-called "long count" which are the numerical sequences you see on the calendar. There are glyph representations of the day names that are also rendered in an English translation of Yucatec Mayan.

Best regards,Jim

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